Solid

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/solid

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the particle arrangement?Ordered lattice (crystalline) or disordered (amorphous)
2. What is the bonding types?Ionic, covalent, metallic, van der Waals forces
3. How do crystals and glass differ?Crystals have a neat, repeating pattern of particles, while glass has a random arrangement like a frozen liquid.
4. Why do some solids melt at higher temperatures?Solids with stronger bonds need more energy to break those bonds, so they melt at higher temperatures.

Crystalline Solid: A solid where particles are arranged in a regular, repeating geometric pattern.
Amorphous Solid: A solid lacking a long-range ordered structure, with particles arranged randomly.
Lattice Structure: The specific, repeating three-dimensional arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystalline solid.